Synonyms of the word cycloid


CYCLOIDCYCLOIDAL - ROULETTE - ROUNDED

cycloid

  • n. (geometry) The locus of a point on the circumference of a circle that rolls without slipping on a fixed…
  • n. (zoology) A fish having cycloid scales.
  • adj. Resembling a circle; cycloidal.
  • adj. (zoology, of fish scales) Thin and rounded, with smooth edges.

cycloidal

  • adj. pertaining to or resembling a cycloid, or a circle.

roulette

  • n. (uncountable) A game of chance, in which a small ball is made to move round rapidly on a circle divided…
  • n. (countable) A small toothed wheel used by engravers to roll over a plate in order to produce rows of dots.
  • n. (countable) A similar wheel used to roughen the surface of a plate, as in making alterations in a mezzotint.
  • n. (countable, geometry) The locus of a point on a plane curve that rolls without slipping along another…
  • n. (philately) Any of the small incisions on a sheet of stamps, used as an alternative to perforations.
  • v. To separate or decorate by incisions made with a small toothed wheel.

rounded

  • v. simple past tense and past participle of round.
  • adj. Made into a circle or sphere.
  • adj. Complete or balanced.
  • adj. (mathematics) Describing a number that has been changed to its nearest desired value.
  • adj. (botany) Ending in a broad arch.
  • adj. (linguistics, of a vowel) Pronounced with the lips drawn together; see rounded vowel.

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